Pinning Blanket

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Pinning Blanket

Entry/Object ID

1.90.9

Description

Material: textile. Size: 24" W. x 32" L. Description: white cotton flannel - rectangular pinning blanket with 3" wide waistband. Hand hemmed with embroidered feather stitch.

Use

A pinning blanket is a square or oblong piece of (usually) flannel, wrapped around an infant's body below the arms, the part extending beyond the feet being turned up and pinned. Also called a barrowcoat.

Cataloged By

vanessa

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Barrowcoat

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Outerwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

November 20, 1992

Update Date

January 7, 2026